RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical ethics manual: does it serve its purpose?
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 159
OP 160
DO 10.1136/jme.2005.012724
VO 32
IS 3
A1 Per Nortvedt
YR 2006
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/32/3/159.abstract
AB World Medical Association. Ethics manual. Ferney-Voltaire: WMA, 2005. http://www.wma.net/e/ethicsunit/pdf/manual/ethics_manual.pdf (available for download). This manual of medical ethics is meant to serve the purpose of a guiding teaching aid for medical students as well as physicians. It was decided upon and planned by the World Medical Assembly in 1999 and the work was supervised and coordinated by the WMA Ethics Unit.